Publication Library

An Advocate's Guide to Land Use Decisions Along the Calumet River

by CNT and Southeast Environmental Taskforce
May, 2023

Today’s environment and public health concerns in Chicago’s Southeast side are a result of deliberate urban planning and policy decisions made since the early 20th century.

Shedding light on these decisions brings context to the land use, industrial, and...Read more

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PDF icon SETF-Advocate's-Guide.pdf

Climate Change Preparedness of Great Lakes Communities

CNT and Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc.
March, 2023

This report examines changing rainfall amounts across five cities in the Great Lakes region and seeks to understand whether the regulatory permits and community planning efforts are aligned with robust and current rainfall estimates. Rainfall amount is a key factor...Read more

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PDF icon RISC RainFall and Permits Report - March 2023.pdf

Geographic Information System (GIS) 101 Toolkit for Environmental Justice Organizations and Allies

by CNT, LVEJO and Milwaukee Water Commons
October, 2022

This GIS (Geographic Information Systems) 101 Toolkit is intended for use by environmental justice organizations or community groups as well as individuals who are in solidarity with these organizations or groups. The toolkit provides an overview of how GIS can...Read more

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PDF icon GIS-Toolkit-101.pdf

Water & Health in Little Village

by CNT and LVEJO
May, 2022

Updated May, 2022

This study compares health and water-related conditions in Little Village to the Near North Side, and to Chicago city-wide. Chicago neighborhood data is reported by “community area”: 77 areas with defined boundaries that can include...Read more

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PDF icon Water-and-Health-in-Little-Village.pdf

Affordable, Resilient Housing Retrofit Program Summary Recommendations

by CNT, Elevate, and Muse Community + Design
October, 2021

Homes are built to keep us safe and healthy. Climate change threatens this stability. CNT— in partnership with Elevate and the City of Evanston— aims to increase the climate resiliency of affordable housing in the name of human welfare. This...Read more

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PDF icon Affordable-Resilient-Housing-Retrofit-Program-Summary-Recommendations.pdf

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Impact on Property Values

by CNT and SB Friedman Development Advisors
November, 2020

This report shows Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) adds value to homes. The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) worked with SB Friedman Development Advisors to model the impact of GSI installations, such as rain gardens, pervious pavement, swales, and planters, on...Read more

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PDF icon GSI-Impact-on-Property-Values.pdf

Increasing Funding and Financing Options for Sustainable Stormwater Management

by CNT
May, 2020

Our country’s water infrastructure needs investment. However, funding and financing sources are growing increasingly competitive and communities are finding it difficult to secure adequate resources to make needed investments in their systems. In this report, CNT identifies innovative funding and...Read more

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PDF icon Increasing Funding and Financing Options for Sustainable Stormwater Management.pdf

E-Scooter Pilot Evaluation

City of Chicago, CNT, and Sam Schwartz
January, 2020

Electric scooters, or e-scooters, are emerging as an alternative mode of transportation in cities across the United States due to the promise that they will enhance mobility, replace short car and ride-hail journeys and bridge the ‘last mile’ to...Read more

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PDF icon Scooter_Report_FINAL.pdf

Industrial EcoDistricts: Primer

CNT
June, 2017

This paper presents CNT’s recent research on a range of innovations for Industrial EcoDistricts in the areas of energy, water, transportation, and waste. Our work looks at district-scale interventions through the lenses of: What is it?, Why do it?, and...Read more

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PDF icon CNT_EcoDistrictPrimer.pdf

Food Incubator Energy Systems Innovation

Jen McGraw, CNT Director of Sustainability Innovation
April, 2017

With the recent uptick in manufacturing around the United States, the importance of food manufacturing to local economies has come into focus for its roles in creating jobs and building on the local culinary and cultural assets of a community....Read more

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PDF icon Hatchery_FoodIncubatorEnergySystemsInnovation.pdf

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